Middle East: USA storms freighter – attack on bridge in Iran

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USA storms freighter – Iran reports attack on bridge

The USA is again attacking facilities in Iran. A US commando stopped a freighter in the Gulf of Oman.

American Central Command announced that US forces stopped a freighter in the Gulf of Oman and sent soldiers to the ship. According to the central command, it was a check.

The USA had imposed a blockade in the region, banning ships from entering Iranian ports. So far, three ships have been forced to turn back. The crew of another ship did not comply with requests to turn back. It was then fired upon by US warships and, according to US information, was badly damaged.

The Iranian army said it attacked US helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft at the Sakhir base in Bahrain with drones. This is reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim. The Kuwaiti air defense is deployed against Iranian missile and drone attacks, the US ally’s military said on Friday night. There were initially no details.

According to Iranian media reports, the US military seized two bridges in the south of the country on Thursday evening Iran in the sights. In the most recent US attacks on Hormozgan province, the Kahurestan and Gariveh bridges on the province’s transport routes were hit, the Fars news agency reported, citing the provincial administration.

Two people were killed and four others were injured in the attack, it said. There was no further information about the exact damage. According to the pro-government broadcaster Press TV, a total of three bridges were hit in the attacks.

The Kahurestan Bridge is located on the route that connects the port city of Bandar Abbas with the city of Shiraz further northwest and is considered an important route between the Persian Gulf coast and the southern interior of Iran, according to the New York Times.

The roads between the port city of Bandar Abbas and the cities of Chamir and Lar are completely closed, as is a second connection in the region. According to the state broadcaster Irib, the Airport in Iranshahr in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. According to Press TV, at least one bullet hit. The fires that broke out have now been extinguished, but the power supply at the airport has been interrupted, an Irib correspondent reported. There are no deaths.

US Central Command announced late in the evening that it would carry out further attacks on facilities in Iran, but gave no further details.